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Single Network Setup (Time Capsule and Airport Extreme)

2009-07-15T04:05:00.000-07:00

Apple Product affected: Airport Extreme and Time Capsule - early 2009 release

Simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi base station.

Some Wi-Fi devices use the 2.4GHz wireless band, including iPhone, iPod touch, and devices using 802.11b/g. Other devices can use either 2.4GHz or the higher-speed 5GHz band, such as the latest 802.11n-based Mac computers and Apple TV. Instead of choosing one of the bands, AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule now operates simultaneously on both bands, and your multi-band devices automatically use the best available band. This means all your Wi-Fi devices get the fastest possible wireless performance and the best possible range.

If you use the factory default radio mode option, known as 'Automatic', both bands will have networks that use the same network name which is also known as SSID, the name that appears in the AirPort menu. This, single, combined network configuration is the way that the previous AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule models worked, since they had only one radio.

However, the downside to using this single, combined network configuration is that wireless speed and range will be reduced somewhat for all wireless clients if an 802.11a/b/g product joins the network, just as was the case with previous AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule models.

Steps 1. Go to Applications > Utilities >Airport Utility.

Step. 2. You can use "Manual Setup or Assisted". I use manual for this tutorial.

On the summary tab, take a look at the Red highlighted area, and you will find individual AirPort IDs for each of the two wireless network interfaces

Step 3. Go to wireless tab > Radio Mode > Automatic.

Choosing automatic will setup your Airport extreme and Time Capsule to a single wireless network that uses the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands simultaneously

Install crack apps on your iPhone OS 3.0

2009-07-01T06:24:00.000-07:00

Note: You will need free apps from iTunes store before before this thing will work.

Step 1.

Update and jailbreak your iPhone OS 3.0. Tutorial here

step 2.

Tap Cydia > Manage > Sources.

Step 3.

Tap Edit > Add.

and add the following sources. cydia.hackulo.us

it will prompt you for a source warning. just tap "Add Anyway"

wait until adding source is complete and tap "return to cydia"

you should see like this image:

Step 4.

Install AppSync for OS 3.0 by tapping the source that you just entered.

Tap "Install".

Tap "Confirm".

Step 5.

Reboot.

Cheers!!!!! you can now install your apps.

Unlock iPhone 3G without Wi-Fi connection

2009-06-29T13:25:00.000-07:00

What if your iPhone 3G cannot connect to Wi-Fi or your iPhone's Wi-Fi is not working anymore, how can you unlock it knowing that the unlock is only available at Cydia by adding the repo666.ultrasn0w.com.

Here's step by step tutorial on how to unlock iPhone 3G without wi-fi connection.

Note: Windows users only.

Step 1.

Update your iPhone 3G to OS 3.0. Tutorial on how to update iPhone 3G here

Step 2.

Jailbreak your iPhone 3G with redsnow. Tutorial for jailbreaking iPhone 3G here

Step 3.

Download file here to unlock your iPhone without Wi-Fi.

Step 4.

Unrar the file and run/double click the "Unlock3G_3.0.bat".

Step 5.

Reboot your iPhone 3G.

Your iPhone has been unlock.

Please report any problem on the comment portion.

Happy unlocking.

iPhone 3G and 3GS unlock tutorial

2009-06-26T03:57:00.000-07:00

Redsnow+Ultrasnow= iPhone 3GS unlock

Yes its true, the iPhone Dev Team confirmed that the iPhone 3GS is unlock-able with the same tool ultrasnow.

According to the iPhone Dev Team:

" And yes, ultrasn0w will be able to be used on the iPhone 3GS for you unlockers! (In fact, without any modifications whatsoever!)"

That means we can use the same tool, redsnow and ultrasnow to jailbreak and unlock the iPhone 3GS. so for you guys who

owns iPhone 3G and 3GS, just follow the instruction below on how to unlock your iPhone.

Warning:

And just like with the 3G, ultrasn0w for 3GS requires that you do not update your baseband when Apple comes out with new firmware.

Happy unlocking.

iPhone 3G and 3GS unlock tutorial

2009-06-23T01:28:00.000-07:00

The waiting game is done.... for all you guys out there who have iPhone 3G (locked) or unlocked before with "YellowSnow" but accidentally updated their OS version to 2.2.1 with 2.30 baseband which is unlock-able by that time. And there are even group of people who strived hard to downgrade their baseband 2.30 to a unlock-able baseband version but that doesn't work a 100% sure coz you will need to have a bootloader 5.8 before the unlock will work.

But now the iphone-dev team released the so called "Ultrasn0w" to unlock your iPhone 3G and 3GS to be used with any carrier in your country.

Instructions are as follows:

WARNING: Ultrasn0w will work with all iPhone 3G and 3GS models

Note: Links to download redsnow and PwnageTool can be found at the bottom part of this post.

1. Upgraded your iPhone 3G to iPhone OS 3.0 via iTunes.

2. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsnow or PwnageTool which will install Cydia/Icy automatically.

the error will only come out when your unit do not enter in DFU mode. but you can repeat the instruction until you put your device in DFU mode.

3. Run Cydia/Icy from your jailbroken iPhone 3G.

Note: Make sure you are connected to your Wi-Fi Network.

4. Add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia or Icy.

Steps for adding sources:

1. Tap Manage on Cydia.

2. Tap Edit

3. Tap Add

4. Enter repo666.ultrasn0w.com. The word ultrasn0w "0" should be ZERO not letter O.

when done adding the source, this window should appear.

5. Tap the repo666.ultrasn0w.com that you just added or search for "ultrasn0w" in cydia or icy and tap install ultrasn0w.

Tap Install

Tap Confirm

6. Reboot your iPhone 3G device.

and there you go you should be able to use any SIM card of your choice... because your iPhone 3G and 3GS is already unlocked. Thanks a lot to iPhone Dev Team for their unending effort to make this iPhone 3G and 3GS unlock possible.

Links are here for the tools you need to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone 3GS, 3G and 2G too:

MAC: Here
WINDOWS: Here

The webcam does not support the required image size

2009-02-23T23:30:00.000-08:00

I know this problem was already solved in some forums, but i just want to show the step by step solution if you get an error "The webcam does not support the required image size", this is commonly encountered if you have a higher resolution camera installed on your system. Today Mac computers have higher resolution camera which is called iSight. If you use iSight on your Mac OS X environment using yahoo messenger for chatting and video conferencing, it works great, but what if you installed windows on your Mac computer using BootCamp and installed yahoo messenger and when you tried to use the webcam functionality but it gives you an error "The webcam does not support the required image size". What would you do?

Here's the step by step solution to your problem. This post is not limited to Apple Computers but it works also on different brands of computer with higher resolution camera installed on your system.

Step 1. Download and Install

Download and install the latest Yahoo Messenger

Step 2. Test iSight/Webcam Functionality

After installing Yahoo Messenger, now its time to test the iSight/webcam functionality. So, Sign in to your yahoo messenger account and then go to Messenger>My Webcam and you will be ask for the internet connection type that you have. For me I have Broadband DSL connection, so it depends upon your connection and then click the corresponding checkbox and then click ok.

You are lucky if you got no error, you don't have to proceed. But if you encounter an error which says ""The webcam does not support the required image size", then its time for you to proceed to the next step.

Step 3. Download iSight/Webcam Patch

Download and install the iSight patch for yahoo messenger from this http://rapidshare.com/files/133618760/Archive.zip just click on free user and press the download button. After the download, just double click the iSight patch and this window will come out.

Step 4. Selecting Video Source.

After installing the iSight patch, you will need to select the video source. Just go to options>Video Source and select USB Video Device. Then click apply and then ok.

Step 5. Selecting Video Format/Resolution.

This is the important part of our tutorial. Because we are going to alter the webcam resolution so that it will work with yahoo messenger.

So go to options>Video Format>Resolution. Here you will have resolution ranging from 720x480 down to 160x120. But the only resolution that will work with the current yahoo messenger are 320x240(large image format) and 160x120 (small image format). So you will have two choices only, after choosing the resolution that you want, just click apply then ok.

After selecting the resolution, the camera should work first on VidCap before you proceed to yahoo messenger.

Step 6. Testing in Yahoo Messenger.

After the patch has been applied and tried in VidCap, the next step is to try it on your yahoo messenger, again log in to your account and then go to Messenger>My Webcam. This time, the webcam should work perfectly.

This time, the webcam should work perfectly.

You can also change the image size.

Step 7. Final Testing

The last step involves testing the webcam functionality in different computer. So sign in to your other account on yahoo messenger or ask your friend to view your webcam. I use my MacBook for testing the result.

And it works great on my MacBook, I can access my webcam on my iMac.

I hope this tutorial will help those people who encountered the same problem as mine.

Questions are accepted so don't hesitate to leave questions on the comments side.

Happy Troubleshooting.